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How to Achieve Your Dreams

by Tammy Strobel on May 25, 2010

Making dreams a reality doesn’t have to be difficult. It only requires a few things:

  • Believing in yourself.
  • Mapping your dreams.
  • And taking small action steps everyday.

In this post, I’ll talk about tools you can use to achieve your dreams. Some of the topics covered include: creating a life list, vision map, and how to start loving life now.

You only get one life. So your choices matter. Pursue what brings you happiness and joy.

1. Create A Life List

“Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder…” ~Thoreau

Have you ever wanted to take a sabbatical? Work from any location in the world? Or remove yourself from the work-watch-spend treadmill?

Then I would encourage you to start a life list. Write down everything you’ve dreamed of doing in your life. Your life list is a place to record your dreams; a place where you can be accountable to yourself.

Once I created my life list, something magical happened. I started to make my dreams a reality by completing once small task everyday. There is something powerful about the act of writing down your dreams on paper. They feel more tangible and real.

Micro-action: Write down your dreams. Don’t stifle your voice, let all of your dreams flow onto a piece of paper. Once you have your life list in place, start taking a small step everyday to accomplish your dreams.

Think about what you want to do with the short life you’ve been given? [click to continue…]